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On April 22, 2013, I wrote to the following Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court and put it myself into the US mails:

G. Barry Anderson

Paul Anderson

Christopher Dietzen

David Stras and

Alan Page

The letter stated at the top:

I am asking that Lorie S. Gildea and any staff who report to her not handle this document.

The back of the envelopes were sealed with a sticker I placed there myself, which read:

NOT TO BE OPENED BY STAFF

The letters indicated that but for a positive response mailed to my address, from each Justice, stating that each Justice had received the writ I filed January 2012 (and paid $550 for processing – not to go into some unknown coffers) and demanding a long-hand signed copy of any ruling thereon, that I would proceed accordingly.

Below is a copy of the notice of removing Lois Conroy, signed by Trisha Farkarlun and provided to the Court 4/25/13. It was never explained why Judge Alexander, who apparently stated from the bench that it was her case, would have been removed by Administration, and Conroy put on the file. Why it is that members of the public are told they only have one removal (even if 20 judges are assigned – by virtue of Hennepin County ‘policy’) but Court Administration, which is not even a party, removes judges all the time – apparently any time they want. This is not ok.

Notice the handwritten note,

“Hennepin [County court] does not have jurisdiction, I am filing this because I have great fear of appearing in front of her.”

Even if Hennepin County Court had jurisdiction after Farkarlun’s conviction was REVERSED in 2010, Conroy surely did not have jurisdiction after the notice of removal was filed.

What is going on?

Your Public demands answers to the following:

1. Why was Alexander removed? Who made the decision?

2. Why was Conroy put on? And why such late notice? I am specifically asking whether the switcheroo was because of the removal papers.

3. Did someone testify under oath in favor of a bench warrant? What facts supported probable cause that a crime had been committed? I cannot imagine that there are any. Was the warrant just a MnCIS entry? And if so, who made the computer entry? Why can’t I look at MnCIS and tell what human being will stand by this warrant?

Minn. Const. Art. 1, sec. 10

Sec. 10. UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES PROHIBITED. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.